Threshold World

# Threshold World > PROPOSED WORLD DOSSIER · GENRE ANTHOLOGY > Hot-pink material is a new scenario for author review, not an established transmission. The closing aftermath is a proposed narrative coda, not information Ned receives after leaving. ## I. World Summary At dusk, selected restaurant doors open onto another city occupied by entities that borrow human-shaped coverings. Waiter Jori serves both sides but eats alone in the kitchen. His estranged partner lives across the threshold and believes he is ashamed to be seen with her. ### Geographic Coordinates Not assigned. The encounter location is described in the summary; no latitude or longitude is established. ### Temporal Coordinates Not assigned. World numbering is a catalogue order, not a confirmed itinerary. ## II. World Divergence The doorway stays open while a shared meal remains unfinished. Finishing the last course returns each diner to their own side. A host who withholds it can keep the other party trapped until morning, when borrowed bodies begin to fail. ## III. Event ### Interdimensional Transit — Arrival Ned wakes beneath a banquet table and eats the last sweet before Jori can stop him. Half the diners vanish. Jori’s partner remains because he has hidden her portion. ### Event Dinner on the Wrong Side Jori insists he only wanted time to talk. Ned checks delivery slips to find where the vanished diners went and realizes every unfinished meal marks someone who cannot leave. Jori’s partner has been here through three apparent dinners. Her borrowed skin is splitting at the cuffs. Ned starts breaking the locked street door before realizing the exit is the meal, not the wall. He searches the kitchen while she calmly asks Jori whether he wants her to stay or wants her unable to leave. Jori brings out her untouched last dish. She eats without accepting his apology. Ned leaves the slips on the counter where the other staff can read them. ### Interdimensional Transit — Departure Ned falls asleep beside the dishwashing sink. In the proposed coda, another waiter controls the final courses. Jori crosses the threshold as a guest to ask for a meeting his partner may refuse. He cannot hold the door open for her anymore. ## IV. Story ### External Story Not yet drafted. ### Internal Story Not yet drafted. ### Interpersonal Story Not yet drafted. ## V. Photographs ### Photograph | Precursor Not yet received or recorded. ### Photograph | Afterimage Not yet received or recorded. ## VI. Logs ### Observation Log | Transmissions No published transmission is assigned to this proposed encounter. ### Observation Log | Supplemental No separate private entry has been drafted for this version. The proposed consequences appear in III. Event. ## VII. Linked Records ### Connected Worlds - [[Earth Prime]] — Ned’s home reference; no direct route or visit order is established.